Baby crib



United States Patent BABY CRIB Guy Savage, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex.

Application August 4, 1953, Serial No. 372,297

1 Claim. (Cl. 57-99) This invention relates to folding or collapsiblebeds for children, and it has particular reference to a portable bedwhich is especially adaptable for use in traveling in auto mobiles, andthe like, where it is desirable to provide a childs bed for ready use,and its principal object resides in the provision of a simple andeconomical structure which can be reduced to a compact package at willwhile aifording a substantial and comfortable bed when needed.

Another object of the invention is that of providing a device of thecharacter described which is desirable for use as a childs play pen, oran enclosure wherein small children can be safely restrained andprotected while amusing themselves or sleeping, and also to afford sucha device embodying features of construction which will enable its beingeasily disposed of when not in use, and yet capable of being readilymade usable with a minimum of effort.

Broadly, the invention contemplates the provision of a rectangularenclosure for a childs bed which is constructed so that its end and sidesections can be folded or contracted to reduced dimensions so that aminimum package will result.

While the foregoing objects are paramount, other and lesser objects willbecome manifest as the description proceeds, taken in connection withthe appended drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the invention shown extended andsupporting a sleeping pad or mattress.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the device and illustrating theexible connections between the side and end sections.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the extended structure, andshowing the transverse pad supporting members.

Figure 4 shows the invention collapsed in a compact package forportability.

Figure 5 is an end view of the compact package shown in Figure 4, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective illustration of one of thetransverse bars for supporting the mattress.

Accordingly, the invention comprises, when expanded, a rectangularenclosure which has side sections 10 and 11 and end sections 12 and 13which are joined at the corners of the device by pliable or flexiblestrips 14 of webbing, or other suitable material, as illustrated inFigures 1, 2 and 3. Each side and end section consists of opposed seriesof wooden or metal strips 15 and 16 which are pivotally associated byrivets 17 to provide flexibility, as will presently become apparent.

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Each side and end section has its strips 15 and 16 associated so thatboth ends thereof in one series are connected by rivets 17 to those ofthe opposite series, and arranged so that every fourth strip in eachseries are so connected, as illustrated in Figures l and 2, and there isasimilar pivotal connection at spaced intervals along the lengths of thestrips in one series with corresponding strips in the opposite series,or at each intersection Where the strips are crossed, so that when thesection is expanded, as in Figures l and 2, a diamond shaped openingwill occur. The result is a similar appearance and operation as thefamiliar lazy tong structure. The end strips 15 and 16 of each sectionare only half the length of the intermediate strips 15.

The ends of the longer strips 15 at the ends of each section areattached to the exible strips 14 by which the sections 10, 11, 12 and 13are connected. rl`hus, when the sections are collapsed, or retracted,they can be folded upon each other to produce the compact package shownin Figures 4 and 5. In order to limit the extent to which the sidesections may be expanded there is provided another pliable strip 18which is connected between the pivots 17 of a pair of the intermediatestrips 15 and 16, as depicted in Figure l.

A sleeping paid or mattress 19 is supported in the enclosure by rods 20which are arranged transversely of the device and supported at theirends in the crotches 21 just above the lower pivots 17 of the sidesections 10 and 11. Each rod 20 has a notch or recess 22 near each endand on one side thereof to receive the edges of the strips 15 and 16 andprevent the side sections from spreading when there is weight on the pad19. One of the rods 20, which may be of wood or metal, is fragmentarilyshown in Figure 6.

Manifestly, the structure herein shown and described is capable ofcertain changes and modications, by persons skilled in the art, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appendedclaim.

What is claimed is:

In a childs bed, a collapsible frame comprising side and end membersjoined at their ends to form a rectangular enclosure, each side and endmember comprising a plurality of series of strips pivotally connected attheir ends and at spaced intervals along their lengths whereby said sideand end members can be extended or contracted, and a plurality oftransversely arranged and detachable rods formed at each end withnotches adapting the same to repose between the pivotally joined stripsin said side members and capable of supporting a mattress in saidenclosure.

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